Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: US Senator from Utah, 1993-2011

Military service: National Guard (1957-61)

Son of four-term US Senator Wallace Bennett (1898-1993). Elected to the Senate in 1992, succeeding Jake Garn. Supported the Iraq war resolution, the PATRIOT Act, the Bush-Cheney Wall Street bailout, and the Obama economic stimulus. Opposed abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, and health care reform legislation. Denied re-nomination for a fourth term in 2010, as conservative "Tea Party" activists dominated the Republican state convention. Succeeded in the Senate by Michael S. Lee.

At least peripherally involved in the Watergate scandal. Operated a public relations firm at the time, which represented Howard Hughes, employed E. Howard Hunt, and advised the Nixon White House.

Grandson of Heber Grant (1856-1945), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1918-1945. Bennett's wife, the former Joyce McKay, is the granddaughter of David Oman McKay (1873-1970), LDS president from 1951-70.